Hi all,
I'm hoping someone may be able to help me with a project I'd like to undertake. Brief history..... a friend and I run an annual fund raising event at our children's school, part of which involves playing music videos. The AV side of the equation is handled by an Onkyo TX-SR701 receiver. There are multiple times over the course of the event that require manual volume change via the volume dial on the receiver face.
I'd like to be able to control just the volume remotely but the factory remote control (Onkyo RC-533M Remote Control Part # 24140533) will set me back close to 100 bucks with shipping. Naturally this isn't an overhead that I'm willing to apply to a fund raiser. Sooooo, the DIY in me is wondering if there is a way to construct a two button IR controller for both volume up & down. A kit perhaps, similar to a garage door controller? My soldering skills are good but my working electronics knowledge is quite average.
Would appreciate any thoughts and ideas. Thank you, J.
I'm hoping someone may be able to help me with a project I'd like to undertake. Brief history..... a friend and I run an annual fund raising event at our children's school, part of which involves playing music videos. The AV side of the equation is handled by an Onkyo TX-SR701 receiver. There are multiple times over the course of the event that require manual volume change via the volume dial on the receiver face.
I'd like to be able to control just the volume remotely but the factory remote control (Onkyo RC-533M Remote Control Part # 24140533) will set me back close to 100 bucks with shipping. Naturally this isn't an overhead that I'm willing to apply to a fund raiser. Sooooo, the DIY in me is wondering if there is a way to construct a two button IR controller for both volume up & down. A kit perhaps, similar to a garage door controller? My soldering skills are good but my working electronics knowledge is quite average.
Would appreciate any thoughts and ideas. Thank you, J.